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   On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:14:54 -0000 (UTC), Tara  wrote:   
      
   >dart200  wrote:   
   >> On 2/2/26 10:20 PM, Tara wrote:   
   >>> Noah Sombrero  wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 17:42:05 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2/2/2026 4:42 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:51:53 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On 2/2/2026 3:33 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:00:44 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2/2/2026 2:12 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 13:31:37 -0800, Dude    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 2/2/2026 10:05 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:33:48 -0800, Dude    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/2/2026 8:56 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:25:30 +0000, Julian    
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on   
   Earth   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many   
   parts of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to be thriving   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Polar bears have been getting fatter even as sea ice   
   disappears in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Norway?s Svalbard archipelago, the fastest-warming place on   
   Earth ? but   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scientists don?t expect the good times to last.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The northern Barents Sea, which stretches between Svalbard and   
   Russia?s   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean, has been heating up seven   
   times   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> faster than the globe as a whole. The sea ice around Svalbard   
   lasts two   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> months less in winter and spring than it did two decades ago.   
   Bears now   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have to swim 200 to 300 kilometres between hunting grounds on   
   the ice   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and snow dens on the islands where they give birth.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But the average size and weight of the Svalbard bears have   
   increased   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since 2000, a finding that surprised Jon Aars at the Norwegian   
   Polar   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Institute, who led the study.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ?We should think about this as good news for Svalbard,? he   
   says. ?But if   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you want bad news, you can just go and look somewhere else   
   where you   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have very, very firm evidence that climate change is impacting   
   polar   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bears negatively.?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This wide-ranging, solitary predator is split into 20   
   populations across   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the far north, where it is extremely difficult to count. While   
   its   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> numbers are declining in parts of Alaska, Canada and   
   Greenland, they   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> appear to be stable or increasing in other places. For nine of   
   the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> populations, data is too sparse to say.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Barents Sea population, which was estimated at 1900 to   
   3600 bears   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> two decades ago, is thought to be stable or perhaps even   
   growing.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Starting in 1995, Aars and his colleagues tranquilised 770   
   bears with   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dart guns from helicopters. They hopped out onto the snow or   
   ice to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> measure their length and, to estimate weight, their girth at   
   the chest.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trend analysis showed this body condition decreased until   
   2000, then   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> increased until the end of observations in 2019.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the spring, when ringed seals give birth to pups on the sea   
   ice,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> polar bears hunt them to build up stores of fat for the   
   ice-free months.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aars and his colleagues believe the shrinking ice area may be   
   making   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these seals easier to find.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The bears are also exploiting new food sources. The   
   approximately 250   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> individuals that remain on the islands when the ice recedes   
   may be   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hunting more bearded seals along the coast, as well as harbour   
   seals,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which are spreading to Svalbard as the climate warms.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> These ?local bears? are increasingly ransacking duck and geese   
   colonies   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for eggs, and they have been seen chasing down reindeer from a   
   growing   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cervid population. The carcasses of walruses, another species   
   that is   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> increasing there, can provide weeks of feasting.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alec Luhn / New Scientist   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> So it appears that the warming can no longer be dismissed as a   
   hoax.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for reminding us of that!   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure this is still an issue these days. Almost everyone wants   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> cleaner air, with less smog from vehicles and factories.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps soon, people will realize that whether or not the   
   change is   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> man made,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> The hoax was the belief that humans can change the weather, one   
   way or   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> the another. Global warming could be the result of sun flares.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Like your idea that maybe there is no real answer to whether a   
   person   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> knows the difference between right or wrong.  But the fact is that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> there is a yes/no answer and that is what the judge and jury will   
   need   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> to hear.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> But for you, as long as it suits what you want to believe.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, there are somethings that can be done, and we know what that   
   is.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> But guys like you cripple our ability to do those things.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> there is something people can do to lessen the effect.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps, maybe.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> The real issue, is the moral flag waving. Almost everyone   
   exhales and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> eats beef. Some of your best friends probably drive ice cars and   
   buy   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> imported dolls.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> None of which has anything to do with what can be done.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Admit it. You eat beef and drive an ice car. Wheres Nick?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> If this is such an important issue, why are some countries still   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> powering energy from coal, instead of clean energy from nuclear?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Many were headed that way until himbo came along.  And no nuclear   
      
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